Persistent heat is causing water levels in the Danube to drop in many places, bringing relics from the past to light. Near Prahovo in Serbia, numerous wrecks of German warships become visible every year; some of them are to be salvaged in the coming years, others have already been hauled ashore. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementIn previous heatwave summers, falling Danube levels had already exposed some of the wrecks, for example in August 2022. According to the EIB, some of the remains in a five-kilometre bottleneck of the Danube were already recovered in 2024. Wreck of a German Second World War warship in the Danube near Prahovo in Serbia, 22 August 2022 - AP PhotoSalvaging armed vessels belonging to different armed forces is considered particularly challenging.